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| 1 | +# Foundations of Algebra | |
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| 3 | +Algebra was derived from a arabic mathematical treatise known as Al-kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-gabr wa'l-muqabala which was written in | |
| 4 | +bagdad around 820 by the Persian Polymath Al-Khwarizmi. The word algebra itself was later borrowed into Medieval latin as algebraica. | |
| 5 | +This can be translated into english with title becoming: The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing. | |
| 6 | +Algebra means restoration or completion. It heavily involved taking from one side and adding to another side of a equation. | |
| 7 | +Al-Khwarizimi was not the first person to discover algebra. The historical roots for algebra were around 2000 BC on tablets | |
| 8 | +stolen from Ancient Babylon. Ancient Babylon was in the region named Mesopotamia meaning between two rivers. Around 300 years later | |
| 9 | +in the roman empire there was a man named Diophantus who is credited as the founder of algebra. Most western historians credit Diophantus | |
| 10 | +and others will argue Al-Khawarizimi. Bramagupta also added some valuable contributions to it's development. | |
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| 13 | +the ultimate etymology of the word "algebra" itself, later borrowed into Medieval Latin as algebrāica. | |